[NV Greens] Fwd: Call For ABC News To Drop Wal-Mart As 'Only In America' Sponsor

[Paul Etxeberri]

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>[To sign the Union Voice petition on Wal-Mart, go to
>http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/abcnews
>   -- ps moderator]
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>Call For ABC News To Drop Wal-Mart As "Only In America" Sponsor
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>Wal-Mart is a sponsor of Good Morning America's 'Only in
>America' series, a series that features the patriotic
>and brave stories of so many Americans who make this
>nation better and stronger.  With this sponsorship, ABC
>News provides Wal-Mart both a format and visual framing
>to perpetuate a long-term myth-that Wal-Mart possesses a
>unique American patriotism manifested in practices that
>promote American values, respect workers, and privilege
>American-made products.  There could be no greater
>distance between 'Only in America' and the reality
>behind Wal-Mart's image machinery.
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>Wal-Mart's use of its 'Only in America' sponsorship is
>simply another cynical attempt to deceive customers
>about Wal-Mart's responsibility for sending more jobs
>overseas than any other American corporation and
>lowering U.S. wages.
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>   * 70% of Wal-Mart items are made overseas, often in
>     Third World sweatshops. (China Inc., Ted Fishman,
>     2/12/05)
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>   * More than 80% of the 6,000 factories in Wal-Mart's
>     database of suppliers are in China. (Washington
>     Post, 2/8/04)
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>   * If Wal-Mart were an individual economy, it would
>     rank as China's eighth largest trading partner.
>     (China Business Daily, 11/29/04)
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>   * As documented by the PBS report on Wal-Mart, 'only
>     after Wal-Mart's 'Buy American' ad campaign was in
>     full swing did the company become the country's
>     largest importer of Chinese goods in any industry.'
>     (PBS Frontline, Is Wal-Mart Good for America)
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>These facts, among others, raise damning evidence
>regarding the credibility of Wal-Mart sponsoring ABC's
>'Only in America' series. More troubling is Wal-Mart's
>long history of business practices that have cost so
>many Americans their jobs and their businesses, while
>undermining the uniquely American spirit embraced by the
>Good Morning America series.
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>Call on ABC News President David Westin to drop Wal-Mart
>immediately as a sponsor of this segment, and to take
>down the company's internet ads which further attempt to
>connect Wal-Mart with the 'Only in America' slogan.
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>SIGN THIS PETITION NOW: CALL FOR ABC NEWS TO HAULT WAL-
>MART AS THE SPONSOR OF THEIR 'ONLY IN AMERICA' SERIES!
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Paul Etxeberri

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